Autumn- The Changing Season

Autumn is a season of transition. Melancholy sets in for me at this time of year. It's a time for remembering how life is always

changing. I remember years gone-by, loved ones long deceased.

And yet, in the back of my mind, I know there will be Spring.

I have been taking lots of photos this changing season. My hands refuse to cooperate with needle and thread. A shift is taking place

with regard to my artwork also. I have decided to remove color

from my photos, focusing on light and shadow. Winter time is a perfect time for black and white.

What kind of change is taking place for you?

Take care,

Sue

Quiet Reflection Sunday- Harvest Time

Apple Season!! My favorite time.

Every year we go to the apple farm 

for fresh apples, cider and donuts.

There has been a standing tradition

in my family that I make applesauce.

I make a huge pot and then freeze it 

for the winter months. There is

nothing like apple sauce warmed

when it is sub zero outside.

I use a variety of apples for the sauce.

Core them and cut them up in large

pieces. I used to peel them, but I don't

bother anymore. Put them in a large

pot with about a cup of water. I add

a half to a whole cup of brown sugar.

Plus a tablespoon of cinnamon. Mix 

it up, cover and put it on the stove 

on medium low. Check it often for

the consistence until it's ready to

mash. We like chunky applesauce.

Remove from heat and mash. I use an

old potato masher. Allow the apple-

sauce to cool and then put it in 

containers if you are going to freeze.

Allow enough space on the top for

expansion. Put the rest in the frig.

Quiet Reflection Sunday

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has it's own beauty,
and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before,
and which shall never be seen again.

Ralph Waldo Emerson